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some rando on tumblr: tumblr’s obsession with moral purity to the point of condemning people wholesale for second-or-third-hand association with problematic people or ideals is way out of control

the notes, fuckin obviously: um op reblogs from people who reblog from people who reblog from pedophilia apologists/terfs/legitimately awful people whose side are they really on???? if they cared they would vet at least three degrees of seperation from every person in a thread before hitting reblog makes u think

The thing about that kind of obsession with moral purity that bothers me is that it seems so quick to judge, dismiss, condemn, etc. There’s not much (if any) time taken to actually talk with the person in question, discuss how they see the issue/problematic thing, or really examine the problematic thing itself. It’s just, “I think this thing is Bad, and if you even touch it with a 50-foot pole, you’re Bad too.”

And the thing about moral purity, or even just ideological purity in general, is that morality and ideology are subjective, because they’re rooted in people’s values and perspectives, which are subjective. So, even if there is a large degree of agreement between people about a particular issue or situation, there is very, very rarely a 100% similarity in how people view that issue or situation. So if you place too much emphasis on moral or ideological purity and filter your interactions with people through that lens disproportionately, you’re just going to keep cutting people away from yourself, the result of which is that you come to a place where you’re not exposed to different ideas and perspectives than the ones already inside you, which will really limit your ability to grow as a person, or even just be a decent person to people who aren’t very similar to you (this is important because society can’t function healthily if we’re always at each others’ throats).

One time a blog I followed called out someone who was reblogging baby’s rooms, cribs, etc. for being DDLG and “disgusting”, the person responded and explained that she was going to have a baby and loved to find new ideas to decorate it’s room. There was NOTHING sexual or anything relating to kinks on that blog. That’s such a terrible assumption to make about someone honestly. I totally get “nsfw do not interact” and not associating with those types of blogs. But just accusing someone of having some random fetish off of no solid evidence is so rude. Also if you see something totally innocent like a baby bottle or a crib or a child’s toy and think “OH MY GOD THAT COULD BE PART OF SOMEONE’S WEIRD FETISH” just take a step back and breathe.